Determining if the pthread_create exist failed with the following output: Change Dir: /mnt/hgfs/vm-exchange/SQLiteCpp/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp Run Build Command:/usr/bin/make "cmTryCompileExec3067163014/fast" make: Warning: File `Makefile' has modification time 73 s in the future /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec3067163014.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec3067163014.dir/build make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/hgfs/vm-exchange/SQLiteCpp/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' make[1]: Warning: File `CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec3067163014.dir/flags.make' has modification time 73 s in the future /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_progress_report /mnt/hgfs/vm-exchange/SQLiteCpp/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeFiles 1 Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec3067163014.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o /usr/bin/cc -o CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec3067163014.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o -c /mnt/hgfs/vm-exchange/SQLiteCpp/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c Linking C executable cmTryCompileExec3067163014 /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec3067163014.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /usr/bin/cc CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec3067163014.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o -o cmTryCompileExec3067163014 -rdynamic CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec3067163014.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o: In function `main': CheckSymbolExists.c:(.text+0x16): undefined reference to `pthread_create' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/hgfs/vm-exchange/SQLiteCpp/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' make[1]: *** [cmTryCompileExec3067163014] Error 1 make: *** [cmTryCompileExec3067163014/fast] Error 2 File /mnt/hgfs/vm-exchange/SQLiteCpp/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c: /* */ #include int main(int argc, char** argv) { (void)argv; #ifndef pthread_create return ((int*)(&pthread_create))[argc]; #else (void)argc; return 0; #endif } Determining if the function pthread_create exists in the pthreads failed with the following output: Change Dir: /mnt/hgfs/vm-exchange/SQLiteCpp/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp Run Build Command:/usr/bin/make "cmTryCompileExec366352226/fast" make: /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec366352226.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec366352226.dir/build Warning: File `Makefile' has modification time 73 s in the future make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/hgfs/vm-exchange/SQLiteCpp/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' make[1]: Warning: File `CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec366352226.dir/flags.make' has modification time 73 s in the future /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_progress_report /mnt/hgfs/vm-exchange/SQLiteCpp/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeFiles 1 Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec366352226.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o /usr/bin/cc -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=pthread_create -o CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec366352226.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o -c /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CheckFunctionExists.c Linking C executable cmTryCompileExec366352226 /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec366352226.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /usr/bin/cc -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=pthread_create CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec366352226.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o -o cmTryCompileExec366352226 -rdynamic -lpthreads /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpthreads collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [cmTryCompileExec366352226] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/hgfs/vm-exchange/SQLiteCpp/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' make: *** [cmTryCompileExec366352226/fast] Error 2